Topic 13.6
Across
- 2. The system of the universe in which the planets, including Earth, revolve around the sun
- 4. The shape of an ellipse, which is an elongated circle, stretched into an oval
- 7. The first European to make regular observations of the heavens using a telescope; this person made a series of remarkable discoveries: mountains on Earth's moon, four moons revolving around Jupiter, and sunspots
- 8. Any of the concentric, revolving, spherical transparent shells in which, according to ancient astronomy, the stars, sun, planets, and moon are set
- 9. A person who studies and tries to explain the world; a scholar or a thinker
- 10. A system of planetary motion in which the sun, moon, and other planets revolve around Earth
Down
- 1. A systematic procedure for collecting and analyzing evidence that was crucial to the evolution of science in the modern world
- 3. A system of thought expounded by René Descartes based on the belief that reason is the chief source of knowledge
- 5. Born in England in 1642; is often considered the greatest genius of the Scientific Revolution
- 6. The theory that says knowledge is achieved through observation